The first devices in the new platform – Tiva C Series TM4C123x ARM Cortex-M4 MCUs – are the first Cortex-M-based MCUs to be built on 65 nanometer flash process technology, setting the roadmap to higher speeds, larger memory and lower power. The Tiva C Series TM4C123x MCUs, formerly known as Stellaris LM4F MCUs, are in production today and are ideal for home, building and industrial automation. Tiva MCUs are built upon common software libraries to help ease migration across future Tiva ARM MCUs for a wide range of connected applications.

“We are excited to introduce our Tiva C Series MCUs because they truly are unique to the market. Tiva C Series MCUs combine TI’s on-chip, high-performance analog, robust software ecosystem and system expertise in connected applications,” said Scott Roller, vice president, MCU, TI. “Tiva C Series MCUs, along with our innovative low-power MSP, real-time control C2000 and safety MCU platforms enable our customers to choose the perfect MCU to meet their design needs.”

Tools, software, training and supportTiva C Series MCUs come with easy-to-use development tools, software, training and support to further ease design and development. TivaWare for C Series MCUs provide “no-OS” software development, enabling even novice developers to get started quickly. TI-RTOS, a real-time operating system unifies development among all TI MCUs to help designers easily transition devices while keeping code investments and is compatible with latest version of Code Composer Studio v.5 integrated development environment (IDE).

TI’s software is complemented by a complete Design Network, which includes IAR Networks, offering various software and application solutions. TI MCU training can be found online and support is available through local sales offices or TI’s E2E online community.

Click Here to view the entire TI MCU portfolio, order tools and download software. TI’s extensive ARM processor portfolio offers optimized silicon (more than 500 ARM products from $1 to 5 GHz), software and development tools for a variety of industries. Future Tiva C Series devices with Ethernet are forthcoming.

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TI's specifications always look great on paper, but I will not be impress yet. Not until I see them in production and see that they have low lead times and all the features they specify on the specs sheets works as intended.

When I was receiving my briefing from TI, my eye fell on the "System" part of the block diagram shown above and I noted that I was happy to see 12 PWM channels.
Then they pointed out that there were another 16 PWM channels in the "Motion Control" subsystem!
Good grief -- give me strength -- with one of these little rascals I could rule the world!!!